Actor profile

Paula Poundstone

29th December 1959 Acting

Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is a frequent panelist on National Public Radio's weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me.

12 Movies 18 TV Shows 34 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Inside Out 2 poster

Inside Out 2 11th June 2024 as Forgetter Paula (voice)

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated poster

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated 5th June 2021 as Self

The Comedy Club poster

The Comedy Club 5th March 2016 as Self

Inside Out poster

Inside Out 17th June 2015 as Forgetter Paula (voice)

Why We Laugh: Funny Women poster

Why We Laugh: Funny Women 21st March 2013 as Self

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In poster

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In 7th November 2006 as Self

Comic Relief VII poster

Comic Relief VII 11th November 1995 as Self

Wisecracks poster

Wisecracks 5th June 1992

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff poster

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff 17th November 1990 as Self

On Location: Women of the Night poster

On Location: Women of the Night 11th July 1987 as Self

Hyperspace poster

Hyperspace 1st September 1984 as Karen

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show poster

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show 16th December 1983

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 14th September 2024 as Self

Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island 7th July 2018 as Paulette (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 8th September 2015 as Self - Comedian

Gotham Comedy Live poster

Gotham Comedy Live 15th November 2012 as Self - Hostess

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! poster

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! 23rd December 2011 as Self - Panelist

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 3rd January 2005 as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher 21st February 2003 as Self

Home Movies poster

Home Movies 26th April 1999 as Paula Small (voice)

Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares 14th September 1998 as Self - Panelist

Hercules poster

Hercules 31st August 1998 as Armageddon Bow (voice)

Science Court poster

Science Court 13th September 1997

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

Cybill poster

Cybill 2nd January 1995 as Minnie Arbogast

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman 12th September 1993 as The Computer (voice)

One Night Stand poster

One Night Stand 15th February 1989

Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman 1st February 1982 as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1st October 1962 as Self